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“That’s right” Eve cast her ram she’d scanned after the murder “Miss Landsdowne”

“Carly Landsdowne, Diane in this tragic production” She shifted her large blue eyes to the cabinet “I hope you don’t think Pete had anything to do hat happened to Richard Old Pete wouldn’t hurt a fly if it was buzzing in his ear”

“Pete would be the property master?”

“Yes And as harmless as they come That can’t be said for everyone in this little circus”

“Obviously Is there so specific you want?”

“Only to say what I doubt most of the others will, at least initially Everyone hated Richard”

“Including you?

“Oh, absolutely” She said it with a brilliant sot, cut off yourthat would draw the attention onto hie, he was a vicious little woro”

She gave a delicate shrug “You’ll hear it froht it would be best if you heard it from me We were lovers for a brief period It ended a couple of weeks ago, in a nasty little scene Richard was fond of nasty little scenes and staged this one for the biggest i our first full dress rehearsal”

“I take it he broke things off”

“He did” She said it carelessly, but the gleareen eyes told Eve the resentment still simmered “He went out of his way to charm me, and once I was charmed, he went out of his way to humiliate me in front of the cast and crew This was my first Broadway production”

She glanced around, and though her lips were curved, the sreen, Lieutenant, but I ripen fast I won’t bother to say I’m sorry he’s dead, but I will say I don’t think he orth killing”

“Were you in love with him?”

“I don’t have room for love at this point in my career, but I was…dazzled Much, I think as my character was dazzled by Leonard Vole I doubt there’s anyone involved in this production who didn’t have soainst Richard I wanted to be up front about mine”

“I appreciate that You said he humiliated you In ay?”